Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	17	16	16	16	17	18	13	12	12	11	11	15
Energy	89	202	239	201	82	76	49	1579	1007	361	626	544	806	3538	3514	1997	1215	883	972	220	567	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:21AM 1.55		7:46PM 1.68	8:54AM 1.46		9:17PM 1.73	9:30AM 1.59		9:14PM 1.64	9:37AM 1.53		10:36PM 1.74	10:26AM 1.58		10:48PM 1.67	11:17AM 1.66		11:39PM 1.71		12:10PM 1.76	12:33AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 0.38		1:32PM 0.42	2:09AM 0.45		3:04PM 0.42		3:28AM 0.45	2:43PM 0.43		3:35AM 0.42	3:47PM 0.41		4:19AM 0.39	4:35PM 0.38		5:05AM 0.33	5:27PM 0.33		6:35AM 0.23		6:21PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	12	11	10	10	11	10	14	14	12	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	14	12
Low °C	14	15	15	12	12	10	8	9	8	9	10	13	9	8	10	11	12	12	12	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	13	10	11	9	9	10	9	14	14	10	9	8	11	13	13	11	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	17	16	16	16	17	13	13	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 SE	-	1.3 S	0.7 S	-	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	8	10	5	4	15	21	18	9	4	6	12	-	18	16	-	12	17	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	-	0.3 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	2	-	-	9	-	4	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	10
Energy	84	89	323	353	202	328	239	584	291	201	41	41	82	74	76	72	228	49	38	483	1579	1505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:51PM 1.79				7:21AM 1.55				7:46PM 1.68				8:54AM 1.46				8:30PM 1.66	9:17PM 1.73				9:30AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			1:24AM 0.45				1:32PM 0.42				2:56AM 0.43					3:04PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	7	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	15	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	9	5	5	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	8	13	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	8	3	11	10	5	5	4	5	4	15	9	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.5 NE	0.6 NNW	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	2	-	9	8	5	8	4	8	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	3	7	9	10

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	85	312	84	82	89	89	87	323	323	332	364	353	353	202	202	202	329	328	328	239	239	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 1.72												7:21AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)								1:24AM 0.45												1:32PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.9 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	3	4	2	2	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	5	8	8	8	4	4	4